30-Hours Bills Introduced, Congress to Vote this Week

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Jan 09, 2015

​NAHU Government AffairsJanuary 8, 2015

Today,
Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Reps. Todd Young (R-IN)
and Dan Lipinski (D-IL) introduced the Forty Hours is Full Time Act, and
H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act, respectively. These bills will change
the definition of full-time employee under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care act (PPACA) from 30-hours back to the traditional 40-hours.
Employers large and small are finding it difficult to comply with this change
to the traditional definition of a full-time employee, and the extensive
tracking of employee hours it requires. As a result, many employers who have
not traditionally provided coverage to workers averaging less than 40 hours a
week are reducing employee hours to well below 30 hours a week.

Congress is expected to fast-track this legislation and could be
voting on it as soon as this Thursday, January 8. We need
your help urging your representative to co-sponsor and vote for this
legislation.